{"id":607,"date":"2025-05-16T22:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/?page_id=607"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:05:03","slug":"memento-mori","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/memento-mori\/","title":{"rendered":"MEMENTO MORI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<h2>MEMENTO MORI<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">This series is an exploration of the fleeting nature of life and the beauty of the ephemeral. Inspired by the artistic traditions of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, I aim for my paintings to not only be observed but also reflected upon, inviting the viewer into a dialogue with time, mortality, and the legacy of humanity.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">My work is not merely a reflection of my technique but also of my admiration for painting as a medium of universal connection. I aspire for each piece to convey a balance between the tangible and the transcendental, paying homage to classical tradition while engaging with contemporary sensibilities.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Avenir Next&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">I invite you to immerse yourself in my vision of art, where each brushstroke is a meditation on life, death, and the beauty that resides in the interval between them.<\/p><div><br><\/div>\n<h4>.Echoes of Mortality<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Oil on canvas, 150 cm x 100 cm. 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<h4>.Fragments of Gold<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Oil on canvas, 70 cm x 40 cm. 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<br>\n<h4>.The Silence of the time<\/h4>\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Oil on canvas, 50 cm x 40 cm. 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1069,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607\/revisions\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}